As Unitarian Universalists, we hold sacred the inherent worth and dignity of every person. In the practice of our values, this means we care for those suffering from society’s indifference and marginalization, with an eye and ear for those facing the most egregious harms. The Build Back Better legislation does take bold action as a … Continue reading Start With Build Back Better, End In Justice
From the 2005 Statement of Conscience: Criminal Justice and Prison Reform Not all prisoners who enter the system leave. One of the most shameful aspects of our current criminal justice system is the death penalty. Many countries have abandoned the practice of capital punishment. Studies fail to demonstrate that the death penalty actually deters crime. … Continue reading UUSJ Statement: Federal Executions and the Death Penalty
You and your passion for social justice, systems change, and dismantling the interlocking injustices of federal policy has kept me going. Especially when the tragedy of this pandemic and the travesty of police violence and racial injustice have put me on my back, psychically, spiritually. Thank you. Just this week I had another one of … Continue reading Throughout 2020, you have buoyed my spirits when life and politics got me low.
At the heart of UUSJ’s economic justice work are three values–inclusion, equity, and opportunity–that interact closely with our UU principles. These values dovetail what early thinkers in the field such as Louis Kelso and Mortimer Adler, identified as “three essential and interdependent principles: Participative Justice (the input principle), Distributive Justice (the out-take principle), and Social … Continue reading Pablo DeJesus on Our Principles Inform Our Economic Justice Work
Keep breathing. Keep breathing, everyone. In my memory, I’ve never known so much public anxiety and fear as I see right now. The coronavirus is still running rampant, and still killing people off. It’s worse because it’s been weaponized. The virus in the U.S. has been turned into one more force of political power waging … Continue reading Keep Breathing, Everyone. A Justice-Focused Life is a Spiritual Life – Pastoral Comment by Chaplain Eleanor Piez
[maxbutton id=”1″ ] [maxbutton id=”2″ ] [maxbutton id=”3″ ] [maxbutton id=”4″ ] Your Congregation Can Mobilize Voters in the mid-Atlantic Now! The Reeb Voting Rights Project and UUs for Social Justice have pooled resources and talents to hire Kelsey Cowger jointly for the 2020 election season as our Reeb/UUSJ Voting Campaigns Organizer. Kelsey will help mobilize and engage UUs … Continue reading Reeb / UUSJ – Voter Mobilization Project 2020
Your Congregation Can Mobilize Voters Now! The Reeb Project for Voting Rights and UUSJ are teaming up through November to fight voter suppression, improve ballot access and help people register to vote. With polling places shutting down due to the coronavirus and a shift to mail-in ballots, it is critical that all Americans are able … Continue reading Join the Reclaim Our Vote Project to Mobilize Voters! Connect with the UUSJ/Reeb Project
“First Unitarian Church of Baltimore sees the UUSJ as a key partner in its work of building a better Baltimore. Through the Advocacy Corps, we bring our values to Congress.” – Rev. David Carl Olson Baltimore’s First Unitarian is the latest congregation to join the 15 member congregations of UUSJ. The church, which opened … Continue reading First Unitarian Church of Baltimore Joins UUSJ! May 2020
“People of faith, particularly those of us who are white progressives, need to combat the systems of criminalization in our country. Systems of policing and criminalization in this country are inherently violent, steeped in and created to reinforce white supremacy, anti-blackness, and racialized control.” President Reverend Dr. Susan Frederick-Gray Beloved Friend, As the pain and … Continue reading Love Resists – We bear witness, and as our faith demands, we act!
The Poor People’s Campaign (PPC) — Through 2020 and Beyond (updated) You may recall, both the UUA and UUSJ have endorsed the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival (PPC) in spring 2018, and now Side With Love has joined in 2019. We have all committed to fighting: the distorted moral narrative, systemic … Continue reading The Poor People’s Campaign — Through 2020 and Beyond
